On 16 September 1971, Malév Flight 110, a Tupolev Tu-134 (HA-LBD) crashed near Kiev-Borispol Airport, Ukraine, due to bad weather killing all 49 passengers on board.^{[citation needed]} The crash of Flight 110 was Ukraine's third worst airplane crash at the time, and it's now ranked Ukraine's tenth overall.[1]

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Malév Flight 110

An aircraft similar of the one involved in the accident
Accident
Date	16 September 1971 (1971-09-16)
Summary	Generator failure and foggy weather
Site	Kiev-Borispol Airport, Ukraine
Aircraft
Aircraft type	Tupolev TU-134
Operator	Malev Hungarian Airlines
Registration	HA-LBD
Flight origin	Budapest-Ferihegy Airport (now Budapest Ferenc Liszt Internaional Airport), Hungary
Destination	Kiev-Borispol Airport, Ukraine
Passengers	41
Crew	8
Fatalities	49
Injuries	0
Survivors	0

Accident

The flight from Budapest, Hungary had been delayed by more than an hour due to poor weather conditions.[2] The flight eventually took off and reached its destination at Kiev-Borispol Airport in Ukraine; however, the weather conditions had created heavy fog leading to visibility of only 1,800 metres (5,900 ft).[3] These conditions made the crew unable to land on their first attempt.[4] It would have been advised that the plane either return to land at Budapest or at another nearby airport, but the pilot chose to keep circling and try to land at Kiev-Borispol Airport.[5] The airplane also signaled that the plane's generator had failed and had forced the crew to switch to the battery's auxiliary power[6] however, subsequent investigation found that this was a false signal which could have been rectified but it was not.[7] The crew did inform ground control of this situation but they did not report that it was a clear emergency according to protocol.[8] In the event of such an emergency, it was recommended for crew to shut down excessive energy consumers like refrigerators, kitchen heaters or cabin lighting in order to allow the airplane to operate on batteries for longer, at least sixty minutes, but this did not happen on Flight 101 so the battery life decreased by half.[9] Protocol was followed to safely lower the aircraft for a final attempt at descent but visibility had reduced even more, to 700 metres (2,300 ft), and the pilot was told incorrect yet crucial information about the conditions.[10] The plane deviated significantly from the advised flight-path and flew over the airport, losing integral radio and radar connection with ground-control.[11] Battery power would have been significantly depleted, likely causing instrument malfunctions and leaving the crew unaware of critical information for a safe landing in the weather conditions.[12] Investigation revealed that the plane sank too low to avoid collision and the drawn right wingtip hit the ground at a speed of about 550–580 kilometres per hour (300–310 kn; 340–360 mph), causing the aircraft to break into multiple pieces, killing all aboard instantly.[13] It was impossible to identify the victims from the wreckage but it was known that there were 8 crew members and 41 passengers on board.[14] After an investigation, officials determined that the crash was caused by an unfortunate series of events involving pilot error, mismanagement of the situation by the ground crew, aircraft malfunctions, and poor conditions.[15]

References

Sources

• https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19710916-2
• http://iho.hu/hir/a-kijevi-katasztrofa-titkai
• http://www.bacs-kiskun-leveltar.hu/V3/SP07_mbn/Tanulmanyok/szbe-02t-1.html

На других языках

[de] Malév-Flug 110

[ru] Катастрофа Ту-134 под Киевом